The network has a decentralised topography where comment text files are hosted on the node where they were created or on another node that has mirrored them. gumnut is a small feature extension of the source code from the GPL Gnutella servent named Gnut.

Gnut provides the underlying network search and download features which gumnut expands upon with the addition of the ability to post a new comment, reply, mirror or to display a discussion tree of comments.

A discussion thread can be recreated by searching on one or more of these fields and retrieving the individual comments which are distributed across the network. gumnut is designed with a simple positive feedback loop of moderation by mirroring.

Enable a group of friends, located anywhere in the world, to communicate cooperatively on any topic gumnut is a text based interface provides the ability to create, moderate (agree with), reply, and display existing ideas over a decentralised communication network (Gnutella).